Reel for deep-sea fishing.



No-791,805.. PATENTED JUNE s, 1905.

- G. M; MIGEAELIS.;

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PATENT OEEICE.

REEL FOR DEEP-SEA FISHING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 791,805, dated June 6v,1905.

Y Application lediOctober 26,1904. Serial No. 230,015.

T0 all whom it may concern:

I eit known that I, GEORGE M. MIcHAELIs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, in the county of Los Angelesand State of California, have invented a new and useful Reel forDeep-Sea Fishing, of which the following is a specicay tion.

is to provide a reel of the character'des'cribed which may be operatedby the power which 'is used for propelling the boat, which is simple inconstruction, and lwhich may be easily controlled.

Another object ofthe inventionis to provide means A'whereby the -amountof power applied tothe reel may be-regulated as desired, so astoyprevent jerking of the lines when the yboat rocks inthe swell.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the-followingdescription.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the tinvention. y i

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a `planview ofa boat, showing thereel in position therein. Fig. 2 is a vertical section takenlongitudinally through the ree-l, parts being shown in elevation. Fig. 3is van end elevation of the device. Fig. 4 is a Vertical Vsection online m4 aff in Fig. 2, showing the 'spring-fingers. l

1 designates a'base which may be supported by legs 2, which legs mayrest upon the bottom of the boat and be secured thereto in any desiredmanner.

3 designates standards vwhich are mounted 'at opposite ends of the basel, in which stand- -ards a shaft 4 is journaled. The shaft 4 car-` riesa pulley 5, which may be connected by a -belt 6 with a pulley 7. Thepulley 7 may be attached to an engine-shaft 8, either by being mounteddirectly upon the engine-shaft, as shown, or by being attached to the1iy-wheel `of the engine.

Mounted upon the shaft 4 are two reels A and B, either one or both yofwhich are adapted to be rotated by the shaft 4 and each of which isindependently controlled by its own mechanism, and as both reels andtheir controlling mechanism are identical a detail description `of theconstruction of one lreel and its controlling devices will suffice.

The shaft 4 at a point midway between the two standards 3 car-ries acollar 9, whichis rigidly attached thereto by means of asetscrew 10. Thereel A comprises a hub 11,

n f having disks 12 and 13, which disks-serve to Thls inventlon relatesto reels for deep-sea fishing; and the main object of the inventionconfine the line when wound lupon the hub'll, and the disk 12 also actsas a'friction-di-sk. The disks 12 and 13 may be fastened to the hub 11in -any desired manner-for instance, by screws 14. If desired, the huband disks could be made integral.

` A collar 15, having a circumferential groove 16, is slidably mountedon the shaft 41and is provided with a longitudinal groove 17, which isadapted to slide over a feather 18, carried bythe shaft 4. Thus thecollar 15, though rotating `with the shaft, may be freely `slid thereon.l

A forked lever 19 is pivoted to a standard 2O and has two studs 21,which engage in the groove 16-in the collar 15. nected to the upper endof the forked lever 19 is a screw 22, which passes through the standard3, there being a hand-wheel 23, hav- Pivotally coning a threaded vhubwhich is mounted on the screw 22. The 'hand-wheel 23 lies wit'hina slot24, formed in the standard 3, and itis thus held to a permanent plane ofrotation, so that vby kturning the hand wheel 423 the screw 22 may bemoved in either direction to rock the lever 19 and shift the collar 15on the shaft 4 in either direction accordingly.

As shown in Fig. 3, the hand-Wheel 23 is preferably provided withgraduations on its face, by which the position of the collar 15 on theshaft 4 may be determined with great'accuracy.

Fastened to the collar 15 are yfour springfingers 25, the ends of whichhave tips 26, which vmay be constructed of fiber orany other suitablematerial for producing friction against the face of the disk 12.Byturning the hand-wheel 23 in one direction the colla-r 15 is movedtoward the disk 12, thereby clamping the spring-fingers25 tightlyagainst the disk 12, the degree of pressure between the disk and fingersbeing easily regulated by IOO adjusting the hand -wheel 23 to the properl the disk point, the graduations thereon serving as a means ofindication, while by turning the hand-wheel 23 in the opposite directionthe pressure of the spring-fingers against the disk 12 may he relievedsomewhat or entirely relaxed, according to the amount of rotation givento the hand-wheel 23. The spring-fingers 25 and disk 12 thus form aclutch which when the spring-fingers are in contact with the disk 12cause the reel A to rotate in unison with the shaft 4.

The fishing-line is wound upon the reels A and B, and in order toprevent the line from fouling in the mechanism intermediate the disk 12and standard 3 a guard-hoop 27 is employed which follows thesemicircular upper edge of the standard 3 and is notched at a pointintersected by the horizontal diameter through the shaft 4 and continuesaround its edge, resting against the inside face of the standard 3, asshown. The hoop 27 may be nailed or screwed to the upper part of thestandard 3, while the lower part of the hoop may be fastened to a block28, which is in turn fastened to the standard 3. lThe inside diameter ofthe hoop 27 is slightly greater than the diameter of the disk 12 toprovide sufficient clearance for the disk 12 when it is rotating. Thisclearance-space is very slight and does not allow theline to catchtherein.

The reel B and its associated controlling mechanism is constructedsimilarly to the reel A and its mechanism, with the exception that itsdisk 113 has a slightly-greater diameter lthan the diameter of the disk13, and a guard-hoop 29 is fastened to the disk 113 and extends slightlyover the edge of the disk 13, which prevents the lines from either reelgetting into the space between the disks 13 and 113 and fouling.

The lines which are wound onthe reel A and B may be conducted over theboat in any desired manner. In the present case in Fig. 1 I have shownthe line from the reel B passing over a pulley 30, which pulley may bemounted on the starboard combing or gunwale of the boat, while the linet from the reel A passes over a pulley 31, which isjournaled in anOutrigger 32, and thence aft and over a pulley 33, mounted in anOutrigger 34, and thence into the water.

rI`he device is especially adapted for deepsea fishing-for example,where the lines are six hundred feet deep and it is desired to reel in aline, with its attached fish, the hand-wheel associated with that reelis turned to cause the spring-fingers 25 to frictionally engage the disk12, and as the shaft 4 is rotated by the engine the spring-fingers 25are through the medium of the collar 15 also revolved and carry withthem the reel. As it is not advisable to draw the line faster than acertain speed, if the'shaft 4 rotates too fast the hand-wheel 23 may beso adjusted as to allow 12 to slightly slip on the springfingers. As theline builds up on the hub 11 the speed of the reel should be obviouslydecreased, and at such time the hand-wheel 23 may be so turned as toslightly relax the spring fingers to give the desired rate of speed tothe reel.

The friction-drive for the reel is of special importance when the boatrocks in the swell, as if the clutch were solid (the lines passing overthe starboard side of the boat,) as the boat rocked to starboard thelines would slacken, which slack would be taken up at once by the dragcaused by the fish, and as the boat rocked to port a jerk would beimparted to thelines; but in the present case when the boat rocks toport the disks 12 slip on the spring-fingers 25, so that the fish aredrawn steadily through the water, even though the boat rocks in theswell.

While I have shown and described thepreferred embodiment of myinvention, it should be understood that various changes andmodifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

What 1 claim is 1. ln a reel for deep-sea fishing, a shaft, a reelrevoluble on the shaft, and rotary springfingers carried by the shaftfor frictionally engaging the reel.

2. In a reel for deep-sea fishing, a shaft, a reel revoluble on theshaft, rotary spring-fingers carried by the shaft for frictionallyengaging the reel, and means for regulating the friction between therotary spring-fingers and reel.

3. In a reel for deep-sea fishing, a shaft, a reel revoluble on theshaft, a rotary device carried by the shaft for frictionally engagingthe reel, means for regulating the friction between the rotary deviceand reel, said means having graduations for relatively indicating thefriction between the rotary device and reel.

4. In a reel for deep-sea fishing, a shaft, a pair of reels revoluble onthe shaft, rotary spring-fingers on the shaft for frictionally engagingthe disks of the reels, and means for moving the spring-fingers towardand from the disks.

5. In a reel for deep-sea fishing, a shaft, a reel revoluble on theshaft, a rotary device carried by the shaft for frictionally engagingthe reel, means for regulating the friction between the rotary deviceand reel, a standard, and a guard-hoop on the standard extending overthe regulating means and lying adjacent the edge of the reel.

6. In a reel for deep-sea fishing, a shaft, a pair of reels revoluble onthe shaft, rotary devices on the shaft for frictionally engaging thereels, means for regulating the friction between the rotary devices andreels, a collar on the shaft between the reels, a guard-hoop carried byone reel and extending over the space between the reels and lyingadjacent the edge corr IOO

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of the other reel, standards for theshaft, and guard-hoops carried bythestandards, each guard-hoop extending over the friction-regulating meansand lying adjacent theedge of' its respective reel.

7. In a reel for deep-sea fishing, a shaft, a collar fast on the shaft,a reel loose on the shaft, a grooved collar splined on the shaft,spring-fingers carried by the collar and adapted to press against thereel, standards for the shaft, a forked lever pivoted to a standard andengaging the grooved Collar, a screw pivoted to the forked lever andpassing through a standard, a threaded hand-wheel mounted on the screwand bearing against the standard for adjusting the screw.

8. In a reel for deep-sea fishing, a shaft, a collar fast on the shaft,a reel loose on the shaft, a grooved collar splined on the shaft,

l spring-fingers carried by the collar and adaptand engaging the groovedcollar, a screw piv oted to the forked lever and passing through Y astandard, a threaded hand-wheel mounted on the screw and bearing againstthe standard for adjusting the screw, and suitable graduations on thehand-wheel'for determining relative pressure of the spring-fingersagainst the reel.

1n testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at Los Angeles,Galifornia,-this 19th day of October, 1904.

GEORGE M. MICHAELIS.

